God desires pastors in his church, as well as the people in the pews to show signs of spiritual maturity over time as they grow in Christ.
God wants his churches to be filled with prayer. He wants us to pray with holy hands, and for our prayers to be all-encompassing, peace-pursuing, salvation-seeking, and God-glorifying.
The fact that God declares us to be righteous with the unshakeable righteousness of Christ, all through faith – it is an incredible gift.
If you want proof that God is good, that God is loving, the Bible here says you just need to look at the love of Jesus.
Do you know the love of God? Not just a cheap chick-flick type of love, but God’s deep, loyal, self-sacrificing, unbreakable, never-ending love?
The strength we need for the Christian life is provided by God himself. Each child of God can lean into the arms of the Father, confident that he who started a good work in us will bring it to completion.
As we groan in the present, let's groan with hope. For God has prepared future glory for each of his children, and we will not be disappointed.
An adopted son fears nothing, because He knows his relationship with His Father has been certified – the courts of heaven have reached a final verdict! – his place in the family of God is certain.
Either your mind will be set on the Spirit, or on the flesh. Either your convictions will be built on divine knowledge, or your convictions will be shaped by human opinion.
Those who are in Christ are no longer doomed to a life of unrighteousness and condemnation. Rather, in Christ we can live a new life, walking according to the Spirit.